Hushinish

Hushinish

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
latitude= 57.99
longitude= -7.10
official_name= Hushinish
gaelic_name= Huisinis
population =
unitary_scotland= Na h-Eileanan Siar
lieutenancy_scotland= Western Isles
constituency_westminster= Na h-Eileanan an Iar
constituency_scottish_parliament= Western Isles
post_town= ISLE OF HARRIS
postcode_district = HS3
postcode_area= HS
dial_code= 01851
os_grid_reference=

Huisinish (Scottish Gaelic "Huisinis") is a remote place on the west coast of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the end of a 12 mile long single track B road. The settlement of only four houses overlooking a white sand beach with views to the Atlantic. Nearby, and to the north, lies the uninhabited island of Scarp, the location of an experimental rocket postal service in the 1930s.


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